Simon Bovey - Slipstream - 2008 - Slipstream - info.txt
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Slipstream
by Simon Bovey
With Rory Kinnear, Tim McMullan and Kate Ritchie
Directed by Mark Beeby
Five episodes. First broadcast on BBC7 from 24 to 28 March 2008
It's 1945, and just as it's looking as if the Allies will win the war, a
strange new German aircraft is spotted, inflicting heavy losses. Colonel Barton
is dispatched behind enemy lines with an oddly-assorted team to seize or
neutralise the new technology before it's too late...
160/44; 160 MB total; sound quality excellent
thanks to scrofula for saving and sharing
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over a hundred RAF bombers are shot down in one night by a shimmering aircraft.
Is this a new terror weapon? One that could turn the tide of war back in the
A misfit team of specialists are parachuted behind enemy lines, in the crucible
between the attacking armies of the Russians and the Americans, to grab this
technology and nip the threat in the bud.
What they find is more shocking and alien than they could have ever imagined...
Written specially for BBC7 by acclaimed writer Simon Bovey, Slipstream stars
Rory Kinnear and Tim McMullan.
Five episodes of 30 minutes each - summaries witheld to avoid spoiling the plot.
With:
Major Barton: Tim McMullan
Jurgen (the pilot): Rory Kinnear
Kate Richie: Joanna Tincey
Teazle: Sam Pantalon
Dundas: Ben Crowe
Brigadier Erskine: Peter Marinko
Other parts played by: Simon Bovey, Alex Lanney-Peckin, Simon Treves, Lloyd Thomas
Directed by Mark Beeby
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2008-03-24 - e01 - Into the Wolf's Lair
It's 1945, and just as it's looking as if the Allies will win the war, a
strange new aircraft is spotted, bringing with it a new level of terror.
Colonel Barton is determined to neutralise and seize the new technology before
it's too late...
Written specially for BBC7 by acclaimed writer Simon Bovey,
Slipstream stars Rory Kinnear and Tim McMullan. The producer was Marc Beeby.
2008-03-25 - e02 - The Eagle's Nest
Barton and his team head deep behind German lines, to track down a terrifying
new weapon. But things aren't going as planned.
2008-03-26 - e03 - The Tomorrow World
Barton and the team have found what they've been looking for. But no-one has
ever seen anything like it before.
2008-03-27 - e04 - This Island Earth
With the Slipstream disabled and the Americans approaching, things can't get
much worse for Barton and his team. Or can they?
2008-03-28 - e05 - Fight for the Future
Jurgen and Kate are desperate to get the Slipstream away before all is lost.
But there are surprises in store for everyone.
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